Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] on a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paul battered John after going on a night of ‘ louting ’ . |
| 2 | A naive bee carried to the feeder from the hive and placed on the food source will circle repeatedly after taking on a load of sugar water as if ‘ studying ’ the source , and yet when she returns a few minutes later she will be unable to choose the correct feeder colour . |
| 3 | My staff were faced with untidy heaps of apparatus apparatus in equipment rooms , and received little or no help from the student representatives So and then it sort of flabbers on a bit saying they 're |
| 4 | ‘ Well , ’ he said finally , helping her to walk with Matey 's assistance , ‘ I have heard of the ladies ’ sewing circle accused of many things , but never of bringing on a swoon . |
| 5 | Although it is always very tempting to think of taking on a dog from a rescue centre , so offering it a good home , this can prove problematic in the long term , unless you know the dog 's background . |
| 6 | Senior lecture Adrian Evans said it was ‘ tragic ’ that companies were failing to recognise the mutual benefits of taking on a student for a year . |
| 7 | ‘ My sideburns sort of took on a life of their own . |
| 8 | The court was , I think , going no further than was necessary to decide the case before it : the corporation was a private corporation formed under an Act of Parliament which was capable of holding property and of carrying on a business . |
| 9 | Criminal and civil liability under Part II of the Consumer Protection Act attaches only to persons who are acting ‘ in the course of carrying on a business . ’ |
| 10 | Joseph Anthony Villa , boss of the company since 1966 , admitted 13 charges of carrying on a food business in unclean premises . |
| 11 | To obtain interest relief on loans to subscribe shares in a Newco which is to purchase the business of , rather than shares in , Target , it appears that management no longer has the difficulty of persuading the Revenue that Newco " exists wholly or mainly for the purpose of carrying on a trade … " , as required by s13A(2) ( a ) . |
| 12 | There the Revenue argued that , at the time the tax payers subscribed their shares , Newco did not exist for the purpose of carrying on a trade ; its only identifiable purpose was to acquire a business . |
| 13 | Management will want to ensure that Newco is a company which " exists for the purpose of carrying on a trade or trades on a commercial basis " within s13A(2) TA 1988 , and that this purpose test is satisfied from the commencement of its first accounting period . |
| 14 | It is a question which is relevant at all levels , from taking on a gardener to employing a managing director , but there is a tendency to treat it merely as a formality . |
| 15 | Do not , however , underestimate the problems you may encounter in taking on a building yourself . |
| 16 | I mean many people wrote disparagingly about your attempt , your nerve in taking on a gem of the New York stage and turning it into a British directed movie . |
| 17 | " The meeting having considered the application of the Schoolmaster of Kildaltan for the payment of the sum he expended upon building his House — they have examined said accot. — and reprobate the conduct of the Schoolmaster in carrying on a work of such magnitude without authority — and they refuse to countenance such conduct … " |
| 18 | ‘ But I was worried about taking on a baby so young . |
| 19 | ‘ And some may be worried about taking on a player with his record . |
| 20 | He had agreed to taking on a reading tour in Scotland . |
| 21 | You wan na go on a summer trip to Austria . |